Posted on 12/20/2019 12:09:27 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The Democratic National Committee raised the bar on Friday for the next presidential debate. If candidates want to appear on the stage January 14, they will need to prove higher poll numbers, and more donors, than at any time throughout this election cycle.
It will be the first debate of 2020 and the final one before the Iowa Caucuses.
Candidates must reach 5% in at least four polls, or 7% in two polls in the early-voting states - Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada. The polls need to have taken place between November 14 and January 10. The campaigns also must have 225,000 unique donors.
The tougher requirements are likely to exclude candidates who failed to meet them for Thursday's debate, including Cory Booker and Julián Castro, and potentially some who qualified for it. Candidates needed to reach 4% in the polls and have 200,000 unique donors.
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Requiring an IQ above 80?
Instead of lying a lot, now they have to lie a whole lot
They’re going to make it so tough, Karl Marx, Mao and Fidel would only squeak in. We’re talkin’ hard line Commies.
"Like everyone, I gotta wonder, just how hard *is* it, really?"
Kinda surprised they’re not running Bill Ayers.
Pretty soon they’ll be down to nobody in the debates.
Well played sir!
Looks to me like the Democrats are trying to limit the debate to white folks only. Al Sharpton should look into this.
They are means testing the next Stalin Claus.
DNC makes it harder to qualify for January debate
You have to have an IQ of 70?
I didn’t see your post before I posted #11.
Damn you!!!!! You stole my thunder and you’ll pay!!
:)
If there was a debate but nobody showed up to watch......
Bye Bye, Cory, Julian, Marianne and Andrew Yang!
Toodle-Loo!
Start writing your Tweets of righteous indignation now.
Clearly a ploy to keep minorities off the stage.
Yep, sounds like Andrew Yang, Klobuchar(sp?) and maybe Steyer(sp?) will be gone.
So then you are left with Biden, Bernie, Warren, Pete Buttgig?
The field is definitely narrowing down.
Even though Cory Booker, Julian Castro etc. are still officially declared candidates, them not qualifying for debates makes them ignored candidates. Out of sight, out of mind.
Hey, let’s split the difference...
They’re requiring an IQ above room temperature.
Amy Klobuchar stands to gain.
I think she will also pick up votes that Warren is shedding.
I guessed 27. Oh well.
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